“We’re seeing many of the companies that typically have annual dividend increases are increasing their dividends between mid-single digits to mid-teens,” Taylor told CNBC. “Dividend growth rates are similar to last year.”

Taylor said some of the non-financial companies are positioned to post dividend increases.

In the meantime, Keating said he likes the large-cap, high-quality consumer product names.

“The companies that we’re looking at are projected to increase their dividend in the first half of 2010,” he said. He added that dividend-paying companies outperform other investments over time.